The Roots of AdaptThis
AdaptThis started as a book to film adaptation review website. A rough estimate of 50 movies over 2015-2020 were released by Hollywood based on popular novels. Lord of The Rings, Hunger Games, Divergent, and more. Check out the reviews from our 5 writers.
Book2Film Reviews
Book to film adaptations are published books that are made into movies by hollywood.
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Maggie Grainger, Timothy Meyers, Martin David, Kimberlee Hicks, Katherine Thomlinson, and Rotimi the Founder of AdaptThis
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The English Girl
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History was never this interesting in school. The thirteenth installment in the Gabriel Allon series, ‘The English Girl’ is more than just your average thriller and espionage novel. Following the exploits of Israeli intelligence operative and art restorer Gabriel Allon,
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I was able to screen Black Nativity a few days ago. I was the only person in the theater with a bucket of popcorn and a soda. Being that it was a musical, I remembered shows like “Sesame Street” and
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Nothing can prepare you for the depravity you are going to witness over the course of watching the film 12 Years a Slave. It’s a raw depiction of what happened to one man, Solomon Northup, who being a free black
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones Whether you were first introduced to the magical land of Westeros and its surrounding continents through the HBO show, or you’ve
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And The Mountains Echoed
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If you read The Kite Runner (and who didn’t?) you’ll probably buy a box of tissues to have with you when you read this book. Sorry, but I don’t think you’ll need them. Hosseini is still the same wonderful story
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August: Osage County accomplishes a task made exceedingly difficult by its crossing of mediums – it converts an award-winning stage play into an actually engaging two-hour film. True to its theatrical nature, it’s, by necessity, several rooms full of interrelated
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2014
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I found this movie on a chance encounter with redbox while wanting to reward myself after a full week of working till 2am. The first thing I will say is that it has made me want to read the book,
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2015
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Why all the funny titles of blogs, because they want you to think they are a trilogy that keeps going on and on. We have seen multiple book to film adaptation trilogies released all have serious sounding titles and could
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and
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2013
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I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to stay here and cause all kinds of trouble. What are the key ingredients for creating a pop culture phenomenon? Is there a perfect recipe for success and, if so, what must you mix
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2013
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. Bilbo speaks from experience; nominated by the wizard Gandalf
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A Private Little War
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Jason Sheehan
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In a universe where man finds life on nearly every planet, it is easy to believe that human mercenary companies would be sending militant groups to every corner of the universe to pacify native life forms and plunder local resources.
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2003
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His mother swears he was named after a Czechoslovakian uncle, but there was an error on his birth certificate. His father claims they’d always intended to name him Odd and furthermore, he has no Czechoslovakian uncles. However he came by
Ten years ago Shinichi Goto was kidnapped and locked away in solitary confinement with only a television set for company. To keep from going mad, Shinichi has devised his own workout program and his body, underneath his shapeless clothes, is
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2008
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Author Sally Kempton once said, “it’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” This concept is made readily accessible in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. Not to be defeated by his stay in a neurology hospital after catching
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This movie was nominated for many awards from Oscars to Golden Globe awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a few of the award circles. The movie, like the book follows Pat on his escapades after a short stint in
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2014
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I found this movie on a chance encounter with redbox while wanting to reward myself after a full week of working till 2am. The first thing I will say is that it has made me want to read the book,
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Thomas Pynchon
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Inherent Vice is a book to film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon. The film is a long and arduous detective tale with a lot of drug use. Doc is the main character who is a child of the
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I was able to screen Black Nativity a few days ago. I was the only person in the theater with a bucket of popcorn and a soda. Being that it was a musical, I remembered shows like “Sesame Street” and
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Nothing can prepare you for the depravity you are going to witness over the course of watching the film 12 Years a Slave. It’s a raw depiction of what happened to one man, Solomon Northup, who being a free black
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2011
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones Whether you were first introduced to the magical land of Westeros and its surrounding continents through the HBO show, or you’ve
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August: Osage County accomplishes a task made exceedingly difficult by its crossing of mediums – it converts an award-winning stage play into an actually engaging two-hour film. True to its theatrical nature, it’s, by necessity, several rooms full of interrelated
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Brett Martin’s book is in some ways similar to the television shows it examines. It draws the reader on with exciting details and makes one look forward to the next chapter. According to author Martin, we are now in a
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2008
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Author Sally Kempton once said, “it’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” This concept is made readily accessible in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. Not to be defeated by his stay in a neurology hospital after catching
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2012
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This movie was nominated for many awards from Oscars to Golden Globe awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a few of the award circles. The movie, like the book follows Pat on his escapades after a short stint in
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When I first saw the previews for “The Fault In Our Stars” I dismissed it as just another teen romance, with the word cancer inserted, for what I thought was just for dramatic effect. I couldn’t have been more wrong